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At least 25 people, including 10 children, have died in flood in Haiti, according to authorities, adding that a search is on for 10 missing people.

Associated Press quoted Mayor Jean Bertrand Subrème as saying that people remained trapped in several homes that collapsed in the port of Petit-Goâve.

He said that 25 people, including 10 children, died when a flooded river burst its banks in southern Haiti.

“I am overwhelmed by the situation," he said, adding that he has requested the government for help.

In videos not verified by AFP, residents could be seen searching for their loved ones. A father was recorded in tears as he removed his daughter’s lifeless body from under a pile of debris.

Meanwhile, hurricane Melissa, which made the most powerful landfall in 90

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